The making of Jane Austen / Devoney Looser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Looser, Devoney, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Influence.

Austen, Jane.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Appreciation--History.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Adaptations--History and criticism.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Criticism and interpretation--History.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

Adaptations.

English literature--Social aspects.

English literature.

Art appreciation.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Literature--Adaptations.

Criticism and interpretation.

History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Returning author Devoney Looser has written a study of Jane Austen's legacy in high and popular culture, looking at stage and film adaptations of her work, how Austen has been taught in classrooms, Austen's depiction in visual culture, and Austen's role in the women's suffragist movement. Looser draws on popular print and unpublished archival sources, amassing evidence from high, middlebrow, and popular culture, in order to craft a more capacious history of posthumous reception. The book is a detailed and revealing account of what Looser calls the "public dimension" of Jane Austen, who is a "manufactured creation." Looser has dug deep and come up with brand-new material on Austen, something that is very hard to do. This is the kind of material that Janeites and Austen scholars live for"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Jane Austen, Illustrated 13

1 Austen's First English Illustrator: Ferdinand Pickering's Victorian Sensationalism 19

2 Visual Austen Experiments: From Lush Landscapes to Bearded Heroes 35

3 A Golden Age for Illustrated Austen: From Peacocks to Photoplays 48

Part II Jane Austen, Dramatised 75

4 Austen's First Dramatist: Rosina Filippi's Duologues for Every Cultivated Amateur 83

5 Playing Mr. Darcy before Laurence Olivier: Cross Dressing, Consuming Passion, and Cracking the Whip 98

6 Dear Jane: Christian Spinster, Feminist Flirt, and Shadow Actress 113

7 Stage to Screen Pride and Prejudice: Hollywood's Austen and Its Unrealized Screenplays 124

Part III Jane Austen, Politicized 141

8 The Night of the Divine Jane: Men's Club Clashes and Politics in the Periodical Press 147

9 Stone-Throwing Jane Austen: Suffragist Street Activism, Grand Pageants, and Costume Parties 164

Part IV Jane Austen, Schooled 179

10 The First Jane Austen Dissertation: George Pellew and the Human Telephone 185

11 Textbook Austens: From McGuffey's Readers to National Lampoon 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421422824

1421422824

OCLC:

961414076